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Page 6. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • The
    Department of Internal Affairs: citizenship
    services

    The Citizenship Office of the Department of
    Internal Affairs handles all applications for New
    Zealand citizenship. Their website gives up-to-date
    information about requirements for citizenship and
    the application process.

More suggestions and sources

  • Greif, Stuart William, ed. Immigration and
    national identity in New Zealand: one people, two
    peoples, many peoples?
    Palmerston North:
    Dunmore, 1995.
  • Hutching, Megan. New Zealanders by
    choice
    . Wellington: Dept of Internal Affairs,
    1998.
  • Macdonald, Barrie. ‘The Lesa Case, and the
    Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act, 1982.’ In New
    Zealand and international migration: a digest and
    bibliography
    . Vol. 1. edited by Andrew Trlin
    and Paul Spoonley. Palmerston North: Dept of
    Sociology, Massey University, 1986.
  • McKinnon, Malcolm. Immigrants and citizens:
    New Zealanders and Asian immigration in historical
    context
    . Wellington: Institute of Policy
    Studies, Victoria University of Wellington,
    1996.
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How to cite this page

David Green, Citizenship, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/20959/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by David Green, published 4 March 2009.